Is Uber's business model doomed?
This fascinating article looks at the ride-sharing market and argues that both Uber and Lyft are destined to fail.
UK government debt hits £2tn for first time
No surprises here: the public finances have reached unprecedented territory.
Monopsony power: News publishers fight tech giants for better deals
A fascinating story from the digital economy, which highlights the market power of two of the Big Four.
Coronavirus update: Concentrated global trade in medical products and high import tariffs
Research from the World Trade Organisation highlights the concentrated nature of export supplies of key medical products.
Environmentalists are arguing that the government should ban adverts for large cars, such as SUVs, because every car sold makes it less likely that the UK will meet its climate change commitments.
How Green Power is Driving Rural Africa
Here is a fantastic developmental clip looking at a small-scale project in rural Kenya.
No country however successful in years past, is immune from the impact of the pandemic.
The aviation sector is among those worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Camera firm Kodak pivots to drugs to fight virus.
Former camera giants, Kodak, have started to manufacture the ingredients required for generic drugs. As have Fuji Film.
Rents that businesses pay on leased property is usually treated as a fixed cost.
China's Belt and Road Policy - Should the West Worry?
The Telegraph looks at the expansion of China's Belt and Road policy and its acquisition of stakes in ports across the globe, and the implications of this for the global economy.
Coronavirus update: Businesses Cut Jobs as Demand Falls Away
The recession caused by the pandemic has inevitably led to a steep fall in demand, revenues and profits for most UK businesses.
Debt is a fascinating, and often misunderstood concept. Debt is not bad 'per se', it can foster development and ensure sustainable growth for both current and future generations.
The World Bank is forecasting that the covid-19 crisis will lead to a reduction in per capita incomes for 90 per cent of countries around the world.
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how hard some countries have been hit by a collapse in overseas tourist travel.
For some platform businesses, the pandemic has accelerated expansion leading to surging users and customers whilst giving revenues and share valuations a sizeable boost.
The coronavirus outbreak and the public health measures taken to contain it delivered one of the largest ever shocks to the UK economy leading to a sudden and large inward shift of short run...
Coronavirus update: How high will unemployment rise in 2020?
At the end of 2019, a number of economists were starting to forecast that the UK economy was closing in on reaching full employment. But the pandemic has changed all that very quickly and Britain...
Coronavirus update: Are there risks of deflation?
With the world economy in recession - The IMF forecasts global growth at –4.9 percent in 2020-and with many individual countries experiencing much deeper downturns than this (including the UK), how...
The coronavirus pandemic will undoubtedly have an impact on the market structures of many industries.